All state pensioners born before certain year to have £2,925 less in payments

ALL state pensioners born before a certain year risk losing out on the Triple Lock boost next year. Thanks to the Triple Lock pledge, the state pension COULD theoretically rise by four per cent - which is the current projection for September inflation.

From next April, a four per cent hike would give state pensioners on the new, full rate an extra £458 - taking payments towards £12,500. But basic rate pensioners, born before 1953 if they're women and 1951 if they're men, would get less.

They would get £352 extra - taking payments to £9,527. A 4 per cent increase would raise the full new state pension from £230.25 a week to £239.46 next year, or up to £12,451 a year, although not everyone receives that amount.

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